Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary and Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8684.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BYRNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 185, October 27, 2020, Page H5711):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 27, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8684, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8684

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  14930ee57634a0ca4802e3a97177c67b821a396d5cd3cfad44b9d2f437a2467a

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8684, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.